Experimental evidence that nest attendance benefits female marbled salamanders (Ambystoma opacum) by reducing egg mortality

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 398-411

  Croshaw, Dean A ^a,b   Scott, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FUNGAL DISEASE; NEST PREDATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMPHIUMA MEANS; FUNGI;

EID: 26944444293     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)154[0398:EETNAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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